How many days do you need in Vancouver?
Four days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for Vancouver.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
Vancouver · 4 days Canada
Best time: June to September for dry, clear days and open mountain trails.
Stanley Park and downtownDay 1
🌳9:30 AMStanley Park seawall
A thousand-acre peninsula of rainforest with a paved waterfront loop around its edge.
🚶 ~24 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.9 mi
📍12:30 PMTotem poles at Brockton Point
Nine poles by First Nations carvers, the most visited attraction in the province.
🚶 ~37 min · 🚗 ~5 min · 1.4 mi
📍4:00 PMGastown
The oldest quarter, cobbled and lamplit, with a steam clock that draws a crowd on the quarter hour.
Granville Island and the beachesDay 2
🍽️9:30 AMGranville Island Public Market
A former industrial island under a bridge, now a food market with artisan studios around it.
🚶 ~24 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.9 mi
🌳1:00 PMKitsilano Beach
The west-side beach looking back at the downtown towers with the mountains behind them.
🚗 ~17 min · 4.8 mi
🖼️4:30 PMMuseum of Anthropology
On the university campus, holding one of the world’s major Northwest Coast First Nations collections in a Erickson-designed hall.
North ShoreDay 3
📍9:00 AMCapilano Suspension Bridge
A 140-metre bridge seventy metres above a river canyon, with a treetop walkway in the rainforest beyond.
🚗 ~10 min · 3.0 mi
📍1:00 PMGrouse Mountain
A gondola up to a mountaintop with trails, lumberjack shows in summer and skiing in winter.
🚗 ~17 min · 4.8 mi
📍5:00 PMLonsdale Quay
Cross back by SeaBus for the market and the view down the inlet at dusk.
Sea to SkyDay 4
🌇8:30 AMSea to Sky Highway
The coastal road north toward Squamish, running between cliffs and the fjord of Howe Sound.
🚗 ~54 min · 15 mi
📍11:00 AMShannon Falls
A 335-metre waterfall a short walk from the highway, the third highest in British Columbia.
🚶 ~28 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.0 mi
📍2:00 PMSquamish and the Chief
A granite monolith above the town, with trails to three summits and rock climbers on the face.
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